hi

[ap0809]

planning to fly into Barcelona from Canada and then find my way to Leon ..
.any suggestions on the best way to get from Barcelona to Leon ?
Secondly when completed - towards the middle of September the most direct route to get from the coast back to Canada
one more question temperatures at that time of year...do I need to consider rain gear?
thanks !

 

[whariwharangi]

Raingear? There are two points of view: Raingear is Overrated; and, Hypothermia is Underrated. As for me, I fall in the latter camp.

Travel:

Take the Renfe train from Barcelona to Leon.

Assuming you have return ticket Canada to Barcelona ... Take the Renfe train from Santiago to Barcelona or fly from Santiago to Barcelona.

Barcelona Airport:

There is a shuttle connecting all terminals.

ALSA bus departs from Barcelona airport T1 and T2.

Rodalies Renfe Cercanius connects from Airport T2 to Barcelona Sants (20 minutes).

Links:

Barcelona Airport
http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-Barcelona/en/Home.html

Barcelona Airport Shuttle
http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee...554380406//Connections-between-terminals.html

Rodalies Renfe Cercanius Barcelona
http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/cercanias/barcelona/index.html

Renfe
http://www.renfe.com/index.html

Santiago Airport
http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-Santiago/en/Home.html

 

[ap0809]

planning to fly into Barcelona from Canada and then find my way to Leon ..
.any suggestions on the best way to get from Barcelona to Leon ?
Secondly when completed - towards the middle of September the most direct route to get from the coast back to Canada
one more question temperatures at that time of year...do I need to consider rain gear?
thanks !

Thank you for the suggestion..wondering if there is a direct route back to YYZ after my walk rather than going back to Barcelona?

 

[indyinmaine]

Thank you for the suggestion..wondering if there is a direct route back to YYZ after my walk rather than going back to Barcelona?

If you're flying Air Canada to Barcelona buy a ticket YYZ/BCN and return CDG/YYZ. The Paris/Toronto flight is non-stop. The Vueling flight leaves about noon (you'll find it on Iberia.com) from Santiago to Paris and costs about 80-100 euros depending on the day.

 

[whariwharangi]

Thank you for the suggestion..wondering if there is a direct route back to YYZ after my walk rather than going back to Barcelona?

Airports Portugal. Lisbon airport is one of the largest in Europe
http://www.ana.pt/en-US/Aeroportos/lisboa/Lisboa/Pages/HomeLisboa.aspx

Airports in Spain are operated by Aena. Largest airports are Madrid followed by Barcelona.
There are flights from Santiago to London and Paris. There are flights from Coruna to Lisbon.
http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/aeropuertos/en/

Probably the easiest way to go is Santiago to London (where there are 5 airports) then transfer by bus to London Heathrow from whence there are several flights to Canada daily.

See London links here:
http://www.caminodesantiago.me/comm...-links-for-travel-from-london-to-sjpdp.23382/